Lilas of Maharajji

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The Lilas of Maharajji Section of neemkarolibaba.com contains book reports, stories from books about the lilas (Play of the Gods) of Neem Karoli Baba / Neeb Karori Baba, and stories about Maharajji's lilas that are not in any books.

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Baba's Saving Grace

Suraj Narayan Mehrotra's son fell from the upper storey of their house in Lucknow. He was badly hurt with severe internal injuries. The doctors treated him as best as they could but his condition deteriorated. Shrimati Mehrotra was worried. She remembered Baba. At that time Baba was at Church Lane, Allahabad, and they were busy preparing his meal. Baba suddenly got up and wanted to leave. Despite the earnest request of the householders, Baba would not stay for his food. He said, "The condition of my son is bad. I am not going to have my food now. " He went out alone and in an instant arrived at Mehrotra's house in Lucknow. Baba asked for milk. He drank some himself and gave the remaining milk to the boy to drink. Soon the boy's condition showed improvement and he eventually regained his health.


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Give That Medicine

Diwakar Pant was Station in Charge of the UP Road Transport Corporation, Almora. One day he became seriously ill and at midnight his condition became critical. In the hills, it was not possible to send for a doctor at night. The members of his family were around him waiting for daybreak. He was fading fast. His wife lost all patience and was very upset. Just then she felt Baba shaking her violently by the shoulder with one hand, and saw him pointing to a medicine with his other hand, saying, "Give that medicine to him. He will be all right."

In her anguish, she was not surprised at Baba arriving there, neither did she bow before him. Only she saw Baba, no one else saw him. She at once gave an uncertain dose of the medicine to her husband. Meanwhile Baba had disappeared. There was a peculiar change in her husband, he became violent. It appeared, from his excitement, that he had lost his mind. All the members of the family became frightened and regretted the foolish act of his wife. She did not know the name of the medicine, nor had she any knowledge of its use, neither did she know the quantity to be administered.

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In the Guise of a Thin Sadhu

Shrimati Vidhya Sah used to come to Kainchi from Nainital to visit Maharaj. One day, while she was sitting near him she thought that Baba did visit the houses of his devotees in Nainital. She wished that he would come to her house, but she hesitated to ask him. Her house was in the main market and one had to climb a narrow staircase to reach it. Seeing Baba's physique, she thought that he would not be able to climb up those steps. Baba said, "I will come to your house. Get Havan performed." She got the Havan [fire sacrifice] performed by the priest in the temple. The day the final oblation was offered to the God of Fire, she returned home after taking prasad. All the way, a sadhu followed her. She was slightly disturbed by this, yet she did not saying anything to the sadhu. When she reached home she went inthrough a back door, passing throughthe house of a Punjabi family. The sadhu followed her but the Punjabi family scolded him and sent him away. She did not understand why the s adhu had followed her.

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In the Guise of the Priest of Pashan Devi

It was Ekadashi that day Shrimati Gurupriya was going from her house in Nainital to the temple, to have darshan of the deity On her way she saw the priest of Pashan Devi. All of a sudden, the idea flashed in her mind that she should give him food that was to be given to a Brahmin on Ekadashi. So she took him home. The priest did not accept uncooked food and wanted to have a cooked meal. She gave him a proper seat, brought a plateful of food from the kitchen and asked him to eat. While eating the priest saw a photograph of Maharaj hanging on the wall in front of him. He said, "Who is that hypocrite in that photo?" Gurupriya felt hurt by his words and became annoyed inside. She had thought of giving ten rupees to the priest but because he had hurt her feelings she changed her mind. She decided to give him only one rupee. She had two notes in her box, a ten rupee note and a one rupee note. When the priest had eaten his meal, she sent him off giving him one rupee.

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Sri Ma's Visit to Akbarpur

In January 1983 Sri Ma went with ten devotees to Neeb Karori, Baba's place of sadhana. While staying there Sri Ma had the desire to visit Baba's birthplace, the village of Akbarpur. It was a sudden decision to go in such cold winter days. She and the devotees left for Hirangau by train on 17 January, and from there they went to the village. Sri Ma was not known to anyone in Akbarpur, and since no prior information was sent, no one was there to receive her. There was no appropriate place to stay in the village, and in the prevailing circumstances, it was very difficult for them to make their own arrangements.

Nevertheless, Baba had said that all that is auspicious would be with Sri Ma, and in keeping with his words, his grace began to flow and provide for her. Shri Ram Sanehi came to know of Sri Ma's arrival and extended hospitality to her and the accompanying devotees. An old man who had come with Sri Ma happened to ask Ram Sanehi, "Do you ever see Baba in your dream?" Nodding in affirmation, Ram Sanehi said, "Sometimes."